The Marvel of Spring Bulbs: Your Complete Garden Guide

Step Into a Season of Color, Pollinators, and Joyful Blooms!

Dreaming of the first daffodils and snowdrops after winter’s chill? Spring bulbs are the ultimate promise of returning color, scent, and wildlife to every garden, pot, and window box. Whether you plant in borders, naturalize lawns, or fill containers, our A–Z of top 100 spring bulbs brings you inspiration, care tips, and the confidence to create a breathtaking spring display year after year.

Explore classic favorites and new discoveries—then dig in for nature’s most uplifting show!

The Top 100 Spring Bulbs (A–Z)

1. Allium aflatunense
2. Allium giganteum
3. Allium moly
4. Allium neapolitanum
5. Allium nigrum
6. Allium sphaerocephalon
7. Anemone blanda (Grecian Windflower)
8. Anemone coronaria
9. Arum italicum
10. Babiana
11. Bellevalia
12. Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
13. Brodiaea
14. Bulbocodium (Spring Meadow Saffron)
15. Camassia
16. Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-Snow)
17. Cilla luciliae (syn. Chionodoxa)
18. Corydalis solida
19. Crocus chrysanthus (Snow Crocus)
20. Crocus sieberi
21. Crocus tommasinianus
22. Crocus vernus (Dutch Crocus)
23. Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
24. Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite)
25. Eremurus (Foxtail Lily)
26. Erythronium dens-canis (Dog’s Tooth Violet)
27. Fritillaria imperialis (Crown Imperial)
28. Fritillaria meleagris (Snake’s Head Fritillary)
29. Fritillaria persica
30. Galanthus elwesii (Giant Snowdrop)
31. Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)
32. Galanthus woronowii
33. Gladiolus communis byzantinus
34. Glory-of-the-Snow (see Chionodoxa)
35. Habranthus robustus (Pink Rain Lily)
36. Hyacinth orientalis (Garden Hyacinth)
37. Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish Bluebell)
38. Ipheion uniflorum (Spring Starflower)
39. Iris bucharica
40. Iris danfordiae
41. Iris histrioides
42. Iris reticulata
43. Ixia
44. Lachenalia (Cape Cowslip)
45. Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snowflake)
46. Leucojum vernum (Spring Snowflake)
47. Lilium martagon (Martagon Lily)
48. Lilium regale (Regal Lily)
49. Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)
50. Muscari latifolium
51. Muscari aucheri
52. Narcissus asturiensis
53. Narcissus jonquilla (Jonquil Daffodil)
54. Narcissus poeticus (Pheasant’s Eye Daffodil)
55. Narcissus pseudonarcissus (Wild Daffodil)
56. Narcissus tazetta
57. Narcissus triandrus (Angel’s Tears Daffodil)
58. Narcissus ‘Tête-à-Tête’
59. Narcissus (All garden daffodils)
60. Ornithogalum dubium (Sun Star)
61. Ornithogalum umbellatum (Star of Bethlehem)
62. Oxalis adenophylla
63. Oxalis versicolor
64. Puschkinia scilloides (Striped Squill)
65. Ranunculus asiaticus
66. Romulea
67. Scilla bifolia (Alpine Squill)
68. Scilla campanulata
69. Scilla peruviana (Portuguese Squill)
70. Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill)
71. Snowdrop (see Galanthus)
72. Sparaxis (Harlequin Flower)
73. Sternbergia lutea (Autumn Daffodil)
74. Trillium grandiflorum
75. Triteleia laxa (Ithuriel’s Spear)
76. Tulipa bakeri
77. Tulipa biflora
78. Tulipa clusiana (Lady Tulip)
79. Tulipa greigii
80. Tulipa kaufmanniana (Kaufmanniana Tulip)
81. Tulipa linifolia
82. Tulipa – all early, mid, and late garden tulips
83. Tulipa sylvestris (Wild Tulip)
84. Tulipa turkestanica
85. Zephyranthes candida (White Rain Lily)
86. Zephyranthes robusta (Pink Rain Lily)
87. Zephyranthes (all Rain Lilies)
88. Allium roseum
89. Allium schubertii
90. Allium unifolium
91. Erythronium ‘Pagoda’
92. Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Native Bluebell)
93. Leucojum ‘Gravetye Giant’
94. Muscari neglectum
95. Narcissus cyclamineus
96. Narcissus ‘Paperwhite’
97. Narcissus ‘Thalia’
98. Puschkinia libanotica
99. Scilla litardierei (Amethyst Meadow Squill)
100. Trillium erectum

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Each bulb is a gateway to color-rich borders, pollinator plots, woodland drifts, and fragrant spring containers. Dive into detailed guides on planting depth, naturalizing, design inspiration, succession blooms, and year-round bulb care—making you a spring bulb expert in no time!